- Othniel Looker
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Othniel Looker 5th Governor of Ohio In office
March 24, 1814 – December 8, 1814]Preceded by Return J. Meigs, Jr. Succeeded by Thomas Worthington Speaker of the Ohio Senate In office
December 6, 1813 – December 4, 1814Preceded by Thomas Kirker Succeeded by Thomas Kirker Ohio Senate
from Hamilton CountyIn office
1810 – 1812
1813-1817Preceded by Hezekiah Price(1810)
Stephen Wood (1810)
John Jones (1813)
Francis McCormick (1813)
Succeeded by John Jones (1812)
Francis McCormick (1812)
Ephraim Brown (1817)
George P. Torrence (1817)Ohio House of Representatives
from Hamilton CountyIn office
1807–1810New York State Assembly In office
1803–1804Personal details Born October 4, 1757
Long Island, New YorkDied July 23, 1845 (aged 87)
Palestine, IllinoisOthniel Looker (October 4, 1757 – July 23, 1845) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served briefly as the fifth Governor of Ohio.
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Early life
Looker was born on Long Island. He moved with his mother to Hanover Township, New Jersey after the death of his father. He enlisted with the New Jersey militia in 1776 and served out the remainder of the war as a Private. Looker moved to Vermont and then to New York, working as a school-teacher.[1]
Later life
He served in the New York State Assembly from 1803 to 1804. After receiving a land grant for his war services, Looker moved to Harrison (Hamilton County), Ohio in 1804, and served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1807 to 1810. He served in the Ohio State Senate from 1810 to 1817. While serving as Speaker of the Senate from 1813 to 1814, Looker was concurrently elevated to the governorship after Governor Return J. Meigs, Jr. resigned to become Postmaster General. Looker sought re-election but was badly defeated by the far more well-known Thomas Worthington. He continued to live in Ohio until his wife's death, and later moved to Palestine, Illinois to be with his daughter Rachel Kitchell, and is buried there in Kitchell Cemetery.
Ohio Presidential elector in 1816 for James Monroe.[2]
The Village Historical Society in Harrison, Ohio, has restored the home of Ohio Governor Othniel Looker. The Othniel Looker House is now open to the public, free of admission, on a few dates during the year, and special tours can be arranged for school groups. The Othniel Looker House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
References
- ^ Othniel Looker, Ohio History Central, Ohio Historical Society. Accessed February 23, 2011.
- ^ Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 .... 1. State of Ohio. p. 102. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102.
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Political offices Preceded by
Thomas KirkerSpeaker of the Ohio Senate
1813-12-06 – 1814-12-04Succeeded by
Thomas KirkerPreceded by
Return J. Meigs, Jr.Governor of Ohio
1814-03-24 – 1814-12-08Succeeded by
Thomas WorthingtonOhio House of Representatives Preceded by
John Jones
Hezekiah Price
Ethan StoneRepresentative from Hamilton County
1807–1810
Served alongside: Zebulon Foster, John Jones (1807–1808)
James Clark, William Perry (1808–1809)
James Clark, William Ludlow (1809–1810)Succeeded by
Peter Bell
John Jones
Samuel McHenryOhio Senate Preceded by
Hezekiah Price
Stephen WoodSenator from Hamilton County
1810–1812
Served alongside: Aaron Goforth, Elnathan Stone, Stephen WoodSucceeded by
John Jones
Francis McCormickPreceded by
John Jones
Francis McCormickSenator from Hamilton County
1813–1817
Served alongside: Ephraim Brown (1816–1817), John Jones (1813–1816)Succeeded by
Ephraim Brown
George P. TorrenceCategories:- 1757 births
- 1845 deaths
- Governors of Ohio
- Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- New Jersey militiamen in the American Revolution
- Presidents of the Ohio State Senate
- People from Crawford County, Illinois
- People from Hamilton County, Ohio
- People from Hanover Township, New Jersey
- Ohio Democratic-Republicans
- United States presidential electors
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